(1) Whenever any person is convicted of an offence punishable under clause (b) or clause (d) or clause (e) or clause (f) or clause
(g) or clause (h) or clause (i) or clause (fc) of sub-section (1) of section 3 and the Court convicting him is of opinion that such person habitually commits or attempts to commit or abets the commission of any such offence and that it is necessary to require such person to execute a bond for abstaining from the commission of any such offence, the Court may, at the time of passing sentence on such person, order him to execute a bond for a sum proportionate to his means, with or without sureties, for abstaining from the commission of such offence during such period, not exceeding three years, as it thinks fit to fix.
(2) The bond shall be in the form contained in the Schedule annexed to this Regulation and the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 shall, in so far as thev are applicable, apply to all matters connected with such bond as if it were a bond to keep the peace ordered to be executed under section 10v of that Code.
Central Act 2 of
1974.
Central Act 2 ol 1974.
Central Act 2 of 1974.
competent Magistrate.
Powers ol Police Officer and Prohibition Officer to L-ause attendance of witnesses before Magistrate.
Procedure after arrest.
Police to take charge of articles seized.
Power of Chief Judicial Magistrate to transfer cases.
Security for abstaining from commission of certain offences.
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(3) If the conviction is set aside on appeal or otherwise, the bond so executed shall become void.
(4) An order under this section may also be made by an Appellate Court, or by the High Court when exercising its powers of revision.